Re: Virus? ( was Re: new photos from my party!)
On Mon, 2002-Jan-28, Pat Cevasco wrote:
> Correct me if I'm wrong, but the "www.myparty.yahoo.com"
> attachment in the parent email is a Windows binary. I'll assume
> it's a virus although I don't know for sure. I'll give the
> sender 100 pts for naming a Windows .COM as a web address but I
> subtract 1000 pts for posting it to a Linux forum.
Apparently, the binary, when run, mails copies of itself where it can.
As far as I know, it's the first Microsoftly mail worm which
is distributed in binary form. It is also one of the few which do not
depend on Microsoft's Virus Breeding Automation[tm] features.
> If you read this list from Windows you probably don't want to
> double click on that attachment. Although I'm sure everyone
> knows that already.
In a Linux list it reminds us how dangerous can overabstractization be
when done in a reckless way :-)
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Andres Soolo <soolo@ut.ee>
No more blah, blah, blah!
-- Kirk, "Miri", stardate 2713.6
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